In a recent discussion, the topic of Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors came up. To some, this is an arbitrary distinction that doesn't matter much as there's already an inherent understanding of what the ...

One of the dynamics of the server virtualization marketplace that doesn't get the attention it probably should is the question of where the hypervisor "lives" and gets delivered to buyers. Services, ...

I noted last month that embedding the code for server virtualization directly into the hardware, something called an embedded hypervisor, hasn't taken off to any significant degree. Rather, most IT ...

Server virtualization has been around a long time, has come to different classes of machines and architectures over the decades to drive efficiency increases, and has seemingly reached a level of ...

Virtualization has made a lot of progress during the last decade, primarily due to the development of myriad open-source virtual machine hypervisors. This progress has almost eliminated the barriers ...

The operating system has long played a critical role in embedded systems. A prime historical purpose of the operating system is to simplify the life of electronic product developers, freeing them to ...

The bare-metal hypervisor, also known as a Type 1 hypervisor, is desktop virtualization software that is installed directly onto the PC’s hardware. But the technology is in its infancy — even big ...

The world of hypervisors is complicated by the fact that there are proprietary and open source tools and the latter are often pressed into service in different ways, say nothing of the fact that the ...

Hypervisors are the backbone of modern virtualized environments, but when compromised, they can become a force multiplier for attackers. A single breach at this layer can put dozens or even hundreds ...

Desktop virtualization is hot — ask any IT pundit. But it can also be confusing, because the market contains a variety of server- and client-based technologies for creating virtual desktops. Virtual ...